Sentences with phrase «first such prosecution»

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Mo. is charged with failure to report the suspected abuse of a child, becoming the first active bishop in the country to face criminal prosecution in such a case.

Indeed the success of the Hudson River Fisherman's Association in finally finding a US Attorney willing to use the 1899 Refuse Act (a law rediscovered by Robert Boyle) to prosecute Hudson River polluters, and the spread of such prosecutions across the country produced a legal nightmare for industry which created the impetus for the Clean Water Act (1972) in the first place.

On appeal, the First Circuit certified three questions to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: (1) whether an insurer owes a duty under an insurance policy or the Massachusetts «in for one, in for all» rule to prosecute an insured's counterclaim; (2) whether an insurer owes a duty to fund the prosecution of an insured's counterclaim as part of «Defense Costs;» and (3) when such a duty might give rise to a conflict of interest, so that the insured is entitled to separate counsel at the insurer's expense.

All lawyers who have a cause of action against a real estate brokerage should first do a fiduciary analysis to determine if advantages exist such as the extension of the statute of limitations, the burden of proof shifting, fee forfeiture, rescission, criminal prosecution or punitive damages.

All lawyers who have a cause of action against a real estate brokerage should first do a fiduciary analysis to determine if advantages exist such as the extension of the statute of limitations, burden of proof shifting, fee forfeiture, rescission, criminal prosecution or punitive damages.